A dynamic new education pack based on the film The Age of Stupid, has been launched by ActionAid as part of its work communicating climate change issues to schools. The charity is the driving force behind 10:10 Schools, the new campaign asking individuals, schools, hospitals and other organisations to cut their carbon emissions by 10% in 2010.
ActionAid is giving away free copies of the pack, Stupid or not: Education for a smarter planet, to the first 1,000 secondary schools that sign up to the 10:10 campaign.
The film, The Age of Stupid, tells a cautionary tale. Set in 2055, in a devastated world, the star Pete Postelthwaite sits in a tower looking back through archive footage and wonders, Why didnt we stop climate change when we had the chance?
Together with film director Franny Armstrong, ActionAid has developed a resource pack to stimulate debate among schoolchildren and create an alternative ending. The pack does not include the entire film but explores the issue though a series of film clips, photo-cards and thought-provoking animations.
For futher details visit:
www.actionaid.org.uk/1010
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